00bullitt Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 Does anyone know of someone that makes taller blades for Bomar or Bomar style sights or a complete sight with a taller rear blade? The standard blade height is .430" I'd like a blade about .050" taller so I can use a front sight a bit taller. I don't like jacking my rear sight up more than about 12 clicks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benny hill Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 It's easier to just put a .150 front sight in to replace the .180 stock one that comes on most guns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
00bullitt Posted August 17, 2009 Author Share Posted August 17, 2009 It's easier to just put a .150 front sight in to replace the .180 stock one that comes on most guns. Yeah....I've got a .140" on it now. I just like a little bit more blade on the end of the slide. I tend to pick it up a little faster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
00bullitt Posted August 17, 2009 Author Share Posted August 17, 2009 Anyone have experience with the Wilson? It looks like it has interchangable rear blades. And it looks like a well built sight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hostetter Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 We used to weld up the blades then recut them on a mill... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeFoley Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 Anyone have experience with the Wilson? It looks like it has interchangable rear blades. And it looks like a well built sight. Todd, while it is well built, it isn't serrated. The blades interchange easily. I had a guy serrate one for me. The Wilson is .027 taller than the Ed Brown and the STI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.E. Kelley Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 Champion sights make a direct Bo-Mar replacement with a taller rear blade and deeper notch. Very well built in my estimation. Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSMITH Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 I want one .100" taller in the blade only, then I can use a .280" tall front and with the notch cut to the bottom on the blade, I will be able so see everything around the front sight!! It is on my project list to make them, but years would be a reasonable estimate for completion...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singlestack Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 Anyone have experience with the Wilson? It looks like it has interchangable rear blades. And it looks like a well built sight. Somebody convinced me in '03 that they were better than the Bomar. So right before I went to the '04 Nats I pulled off my perfectly good Bomar and stuck a Wilson on my Limited gun. Didn't want that Bomar to break at the Nats, right? Fourth stage, the Wilson breaks in half right where the elevation screw is and the whole rear half of the sight hit me in the face. Thats my Wilson sight experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
00bullitt Posted August 18, 2009 Author Share Posted August 18, 2009 Anyone have experience with the Wilson? It looks like it has interchangable rear blades. And it looks like a well built sight. Somebody convinced me in '03 that they were better than the Bomar. So right before I went to the '04 Nats I pulled off my perfectly good Bomar and stuck a Wilson on my Limited gun. Didn't want that Bomar to break at the Nats, right? Fourth stage, the Wilson breaks in half right where the elevation screw is and the whole rear half of the sight hit me in the face. Thats my Wilson sight experience. Well.....thats nothing new......you're always breaking something on your guns. Makes me wonder....is it the part or the operating nut? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoNsTeR Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 Blade is very easy to change on the Wilson, I have two blades for mine. Count the clicks carefully when changing them and it even holds zero. I'm sure someone could machine a custom blade but it might be easier to weld up and cut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singlestack Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 Anyone have experience with the Wilson? It looks like it has interchangable rear blades. And it looks like a well built sight. Somebody convinced me in '03 that they were better than the Bomar. So right before I went to the '04 Nats I pulled off my perfectly good Bomar and stuck a Wilson on my Limited gun. Didn't want that Bomar to break at the Nats, right? Fourth stage, the Wilson breaks in half right where the elevation screw is and the whole rear half of the sight hit me in the face. Thats my Wilson sight experience. Well.....thats nothing new......you're always breaking something on your guns. Makes me wonder....is it the part or the operating nut? Whatchyoutalkinbout Willis? I only break thumb safeties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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